Applicator for floor wax, oils, varnishes, paints, and the like



March 1935- w. J. TlLLACjK 1,995,592

AND THE LIKE APPLICATOR FOR FLOOR WAX. OILS, VARNISHES, PAINTS Filed May 3, 1934 mm mum N v .N 9 w a 3 INVENTORI HILL/AM Z. TILLACK 3M ATTORNEY- Patented Mar. 26, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE APPIiICATOR FOR FLOOR WAX, OILS, VAR- NISHES, PAINTS, AND THE LIKE William J. Tillack, River Edge, N. J. 'Application' May 3, 1934, Serial No. 723,641

4 Claims. (01. 91-25)v My invention relates to improvements in applicators or spreaders for floor waxes, oils, varnishes, paints and the like; and it consists in the novel features, which are hereinafter described.

5 One of the objects of my improvement is to produce a perfected applicator or spreader for.

the above mentioned and similar liquid and semiliquid materials in which the said materials may be discharged in any desired amounts from a standard commercial container, which is mounted on a suitable elevated support, and also to provide on said support a means for detachably connecting the said container to the said support when the container is full or when the work of spreading is to be started, whereby the said container may be readily disconnected from the said support when the container is empty or when the application of the said material is to be discontinued.

Another object of my improvement is to provide on said support a means for enabling the operator to control the discharge of the said material.

A further object of my improvement is tohave my perfected applicator or spreader simple, du-' rable and relatively inexpensive.

A still other object of my invention is to enable the operator, by changing the containers, readily to change the materials which it may be desirable to apply or spread, without the need of cleaning any containers or reservoirs of the liquid or semi-liquid material, thereby saving Other objects 'or advantages will hereinafter appear. f e

I attain these objects by the-improved applicator or spreader, two forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, or by any mechanical equivalent or obvious modification of the same.

In the drawingFigrl is a side elevation of one form of my applicator or spreader.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of another form of my applicator or spreader; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same looking from right to left in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a plan of the. same.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

11 designates a mop member and 12 a carrier -plate which may be connected thereto in any suitable manner. 7

The carrier plate 12 has thereon a-pair of lugs 13 which have pivotally connected thereto by meansof an extension 59 on a fitting 14 and a 55 wait the lower end of a. rod 16,

which may have the fitting 14 clamped thereto by means of a thumb screw 17 and a pair of flanges 18 on said fitting 14.

The rod 16 is shown as having parts thereof I broken away near the upper and lower ends 5 thereof, to indicate that the extent of the rod at both ends thereof is greater than as shown in the drawing.

The rod 16 is also shown as having detachably secured thereto by means of a thumb screw 19 a 1 clamp 20 which terminates at one side thereof in an upwardly extending shoulder 21, for a purpose which is hereinafter described.

A ring 22 is shown as detachably secured to the rod 16 above the clamp 20 by means of a threaded 15 hub 23 on one side of the ring 22 and a thumb screw 24 in threaded engagement with the hub 23 transversely to the rod 16.

Another thumb screw 25 is shown in threaded engagement with another threaded hub 26 on 20 the other side of said ring 20 parallel to said rod 16.

The thumb screw 25 has thereon at the lower end thereof a downwardly extending plate member 2'7, which .may be connected thereto in any 25 suitable manner. a

A standard can 28 of liquid or semi-liquid material which has thereon a threaded neck or spout 29 and is provided in commerce with a threaded cap on said spout for closing the same, may have 30 its standard cap replaced by a special threaded member 30 which is shown as having thereon a tubular extension 31, whichis shown as havirrg pivotally connected thereto by means of a 32 on said tubular extension and a pin 33 a 010- 35 sure cap 34 which has integral therewith a lever 35 which terminates inan eye 36, for a purpose which is hereinafter described.

A spring 37 isshown as having one end thereof connected to'a socket part 38 on said extension 31 and the other end thereof to a similar socket part 39 on said lever 35.

Thespring 37 may be initially stressed to keep said cap 34 normally in closing position on the end of the extension31.

The can 28 with the cap 34 covering the lower end of the extension 31 is placed in an inverted position between said shoulder 21 and said plate 27, and the thumb screw 25 is then turned until the can 28 is securely held in position as shown so in Fig. '1.

A chain 40 is shown as connected at the lower end thereof to said eye 36 and at the upper end thereof toan eye 41- at the lower end of a reach rod 42.

The rod 42 is slidably connected to the manipulating rod 16 by means of screw-rings 43 and 44 as shown in Fig. 1; and it terminates at the upper end thereof in a finger hook 45.

It is evident from Fig. 1 of 'the drawing that by pulling on the hook 45 upwardly the cap 34 will be swung downwardly, thereby uncovering the lower end of the extension 31 and causing some of the contents of the can 28 to be discharged downwardly in any desired quantities.

The can 28 may be positioned on the rod 26 at such an elevation or height that the material discharged therefrom through the extension 31 will reach the fioor at a point beyond the end of the mop 11, which may then be manipulated to apply or spread the liquid or semi-liquid material on to the surface of the fioor.

The rod 16 is long enough to enable the operator to work without bending down or stooping for the work; and the pivot at 15 enables the operator to apply either end of the mop in either direction.

In the modification of my applicator or spreader, which is shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, a brush 51 is employed instead of a mop 11.

The tank 48 is disposed transversely to the rod 16 and is mounted on a bracket 49 which has thereon pairs of legs 46 and 47, which are shown as connected to a carrier plate 52 on the brush 51 by means of bolts 50 and 50a and pairs of lugs 53 and 54 on the plate 52.

The tank 48 is shown as disposed flatwise on the bracket 49 and is detachably connected thereto by means of a thumbscrew 55, which is in threaded engagement with a post 56 on said bracket 49 and has connected thereto at the inner end thereof an inwardly extending plate member 57, which bears against the closed end ofthe tank 48.

The other end of the tank 48 is abutting against an inwardly extending plate 58 on the other post 56a of the bracket 49.

The fitting 14 on the lower end of the rod 16 is pivotally connected to the lugs 53 on the plate 52 by means of the bolt 50 and the extension 59 on said fitting 14.

The chain 40 extends in a diagonal direction which is shown in Fig. 1; similarly a mop may be and the like may be employed; and the containers may readily be connected to or disconnected by Letters Patent:

1. In an applicator or spreader for liquid and semi-liquid materials a spreader means, a manipulating rod for applying the spreader means to a desired quantity of said material on a floor, a support for a standard can of the material, said can having thereon a discharge spout, a means for detachably securing the can to the support, a spring pressed closure means, for normally preventing the flow of the said material from the said spout, a spring disposed externally to said can to act on said closure means and detachably connected to said can and to said closure means and a control means for enabling the operator to move said closure means against the force of said spring, whereby intermittently to produce a discharge of said material through said spout.

2. The elements of claim 1, combined with a hollow extension member, detachably connected to said spout, a means on said member for detachably connecting thereto one end of said spring, thereby connecting the latter to said can, the outer end of said extension member being normally covered by said closure means and intermittently uncovered thereby through the manipulation of said control means, thereby intermittently producing the discharge of said material through said spout.

3. The elements of claim 1, said can being detachably secured to said rod, 'a means for adjusting the position of said can on said rod and said support including said rod with parts of said securing means.

4. In an applicator or spreader for liquid and semi-liquid materials, a spreader means, a manipulating rod for applying the spreader means to a desired quantity of said material on a floor, a means for removably securing to said rod a standard can of the material, said securing means comprising a support member detachably secured to said rod under said can, a threaded member detachably secured to said rod above said can and another threaded member, in threaded engagement with said first threaded member and abutting atthe end thereof against the top of the can, said can having thereon a discharge spout, a spring pressed closure means for normall preventing the flow of the said material from the said spout, and a control means for enabling the operator to move said closure means, whereby intermittently to produce adischarge of said material through said spout.

WILLIAM J:. TILLACK. 

